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Suit Challenges Arkansas Law Allowing Librarians to be Criminally Charged Over ‘Harmful’ Materials

A coalition that includes the Central Arkansas Library System in Little Rock filed the challenge to the law, which takes effect Aug. 1. The law also creates a new process to challenge library materials and request that they be relocated to areas not accessible by kids. read more >
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DeSantis Inspires Push to Make Book Bans Easier in Republican-Controlled States

In Arkansas, Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law, set to take effect this summer, that could impose criminal penalties on librarians who knowingly provide "harmful" materials to minors. read more >